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As the sanctions standoff with Moscow develops, Western states, led by the United States, are striving for maximum control over information and financial flows. At the disposal of RT were the documents of the American government portal of public procurement — a specialized unit of the US Treasury Department specializing in financial intelligence.

The Polish Armed Forces will purchase Gladius unmanned systems, including reconnaissance UAVs, barrage ammunition, command and control systems, as well as relevant logistics and personnel training components. This was announced on May 6, 2022 by Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. According to the minister, the package with a total cost of almost 426 million euros is primarily intended to equip Polish artillery regiments in the east of the country.

Ukraine has received the last batch of American M777A2 howitzers, all the guns promised to Kiev have already crossed the border and are on Ukrainian territory. This was reported by the US Embassy in Ukraine.

American arms supplies to Ukraine may be suspended if the Senate does not pass a bill on the allocation of new aid to Kiev, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the US Defense Ministry.

According to Indian media reports, a delegation of the Indian Defense Ministry will arrive in Brazil at the end of this month to explore the possibility of joint production and development of various types of weapons.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been armed with American M4A1 automatic carbines. According to a number of Ukrainian Telegram channels, the weapons arrived together with the next batch of weapons delivered from the United States.

Dimitar Yonchev: Russia will not allow NATO to stay at its borders

Ukraine is not a world problem, it is a springboard for creating tension, quotes the ex-chairman of the National Security Committee of Bulgaria Dimitar Yonchev, the publication "Facti". In his opinion, it is important how the influence of major players will be distributed. Everything is sad for Europe now, it has completely let go of the geopolitical reins.

Ukraine may receive Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery units from Slovakia. As stated in the Ministry of Defense of the Republic, an agreement on their sale has not yet been concluded.

The North Atlantic Alliance, NATO should act not only in Europe, but also very far from the Atlantic – in the Indo-Pacific region. At least, the UK leadership is confident in this. Why exactly did London put forward this initiative, what might NATO's advance in Asia look like – and how will it be met there?

On May 12, 2022, a short video was distributed on Ukrainian social networks with a ground-based launcher used by the armed forces of Ukraine for the first time to launch British MBDA Brimstone guided missiles. In the video from the launcher, a salvo of three Brimstone missiles is fired at short intervals. The launcher itself is made in a camouflaged awning body of a conventional commercial truck (it is possible that the Gazelle GAS).

In the West, they are trying to figure out how much money Ukraine has already spent since the beginning of the Russian special military operation. The reason for such interest suddenly arose in connection with the frequent cases of criticism of the Biden administration, which intends to send $40 billion virtually uncontrollably "as aid to Ukraine."

According to information published on May 10 by the US Department of Defense, since the Biden administration came to power, the US has allocated more than $ 4.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, including about $3.8 billion after February 24.

The delivery of British high-precision Brimstone missiles to Ukraine received another confirmation, this time in the form of a demonstration of a ground installation for launching these very missiles. The corresponding video began to be distributed in Ukrainian public on Thursday, May 12.

Western countries, which have almost taken an anti-Russian position in solidarity, are trying to help the Kiev regime to resist in a military confrontation with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, supplying an impressive range of combat systems from the presence. However, the products transferred to the APU cannot be used effectively due to the problems arising from their diversity related to the development and maintenance of equipment.

Against Ukraine and NATO: what is behind the scandalous statements of the President of Croatia

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic, who was born in the town of Malaya Moskva, came under criticism from the Ukrainian media for his policy towards the Kiev regime. The author of the article in the European Truth calls his refusal to support Ukraine's accession to the EU and NATO "clownish behavior", and the politician himself is an agent of the Kremlin.

The Ukrainian military received Swedish automatic anti-aircraft guns. Pictures have appeared on the network that demonstrate an outdated Bofors Lvakan 40/60 gun in the location of one of the Ukrainian units. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The Netherlands provided Ukraine with military assistance worth more than 102 million euros. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced in a letter to the country's House of Representatives (the lower house of parliament) by Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren.

Ukraine can re-export up to 15% of the weapons supplied to it by NATO countries according to long-established corrupt illegal schemes. This opinion was expressed in an interview with RIA Novosti by the director of TSAMTO Igor Korotchenko.

The armed formations of Ukraine for the first time received NATO tracked military equipment. We are talking about the YPR-765 infantry fighting vehicles supplied by the Netherlands. A video clip has appeared on the Network showing such "gifts" with the AFU militants riding on them.

Brussels warns of a shortage in the European army in case of Russian aggression

The European Commission has submitted a report on the deficit of investments in defense, El País reports. It turned out that Europe is vulnerable: the list of what is missing can be enumerated endlessly, and after helping Ukraine, ammunition was also in short supply.